by Ben Boettger | Apr 21, 2026 | AK LNG, Alaska State Legislature, Energy & Alaska
The Alaska Legislature’s resources committees are fixating on AK LNG in the second half of the session. This week, like last, there are hearings scheduled every day on a trio of gasline-related bills: House Bill 381 and Senate Bill 280, a pair introduced by the...
by Ben Boettger | Apr 8, 2026 | AK LNG, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska
I’ve been writing heavily about the Alaska LNG project, a proposed 800-mile natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to a planned liquefaction plant and export terminal in Nikiski. All the words I’ve committed to AK LNG might seem wasted – it remains very...
by Ben Boettger | Mar 17, 2026 | AK LNG, Alaska State Legislature, Energy & Alaska, Government, Oil & Gas
Coming up this week is an opportunity for public comment on transparency into the AK LNG gasline project. The Senate Resources Committee will take public comments on Wednesday at 3:30pm on Senate Bill 275, the Alaska Gasline Transparency & Accountability Act. This...
by Ben Boettger | Feb 18, 2026 | AK LNG, Cook Inlet, Energy & Alaska
To deal with the affordability crisis of Cook Inlet gas, our utilities and elected leaders need the clearest possible picture of our energy options. Alaskans need to see this picture, too, to understand and inform the energy decisions made on our behalf. This means...
by Ben Boettger | Feb 17, 2026 | AK LNG, Alaska State Legislature, Energy & Alaska
On Wednesday, February 18th, the Legislature’s House Resources Committee will hear from Mayor Peter Micciche of the Kenai Peninsula Borough, as well as mayors of the North Slope and Fairbanks North Star boroughs, about how the Alaska LNG megaproject will impact...
by Bridget Maryott | Nov 5, 2025 | AK LNG, Belugas, Lease Sale 258, Oil & Gas
When the environment’s protectors ally themselves with its looters, it falls to local people and local institutions to defend the waters and ecosystems on which we depend. With the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency bowing to fossil fuel interests,...